Alberta Musician Rebecca Lappa Announces Release of New EP | 1st Single Out Now!

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1ST SINGLE FROM TALES OF A TAURUS
OUT ON MAY 5th

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Prolific Alberta-based singer-songwriter Rebecca Lappa returns with new indie-pop anthem ‘Blue Lips’ out today on all digital streaming platforms and announces her new EP Tales of a Taurus, which will be released on May 5th via Tonic Records/Fontana.

Making music since the age of 12 in her native home of Edmonton, Rebecca released six albums in quick succession between 2011 and 2016, winning over fans and critics alike and nominated five times for the prestigious Canadian Folk Music Awards. Now Rebecca starts a new chapter, departing from the acoustic folk/rock that has distinguished her music so far, and boldly leaning into a new pop sound with her new EP Tales of a Taurus set for release in May. The first glimpse of it is provided with lead single ‘Blue Lips’ - a captivating look into a ‘romantic with a hint of manic’ relationship, complete with an addictive chorus, understated guitars and barely there synths.

“I wanted to write a song that used the Canadian winter landscape as a metaphor for a relationship,” says Rebecca. “This song is about loving someone who every time you are with them it feels like falling through the ice and getting hypothermia because they don’t return the same feelings you have. I was inspired to create a hypnotic up tempo track to go with my lyrics.”

Just signed to Tonic Records, Rebecca is excited to release her 6-song EP Tales of a Taurus, produced by acclaimed recording artist Louise Burns, on May 5th. This venture into indie pop reflects Rebecca’s growth as a writer and willingness to take sonic risks. In this new release, she takes the story of the wounded healer to new heights, sharing the pain and struggles of women in their 20s with the courage to find healing within and hope for the future ahead. Born in San Francisco but Canadian to the core, Rebecca is bringing the message back to the music in 2023.  

'Blue Lips' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit rebeccalappa.com.

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BC Alt-Indie Group The Hillties Release New Single FEEL IT

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The Hillties · Feel it

BC indie alt-rock band The Hillties are back with their new pop-influenced single ‘Feel It’ out now on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here. 

Produced by Ben Kaplan at Hipposonic Studios in Vancouver, 'Feel It' was inspired by the turmoil of the COVID pandemic and the band’s love of their community and surroundings in Nelson, BC.

“This song was written in a world of change and challenge, where we realize that love and loss drive our creative process,” says rhythm guitarist Craig Beauchamp. “And that by using our personal experience as a template, we can explore the emotional landscape of the human experience.”  

Winners of the Kootenay Music Award for Best Reggae Song (2018) and Best Jam Band (2019), The Hillties are a multi-genre group that uses unique instrumentation to blend their diverse influences into original music.  And the band's influences are not just from the music world, they also draw inspiration from visual art, surrounding landscapes, performance art, theatre and many other unsuspecting areas of life.

'Feel It' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit: thehillties.com.

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THE HILLTIES ARE: 
Phil Woodward (Chapman Stick and Vocal)
Sam Mathews (Lead Guitar)
Mark Barnard (Lead Vocal)
Craig Beauchamp (Electric Ukulele/Guitar and Vocal)
Rahj Levinson (Piano) 
Travis Yost (Drums)

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Alberta Musician Justine Vandergrift Announces New Album MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME

NEW ALBUM OUT ON MARCH 17th
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Justine Vandergrift · Little Bird

Alberta musician Justine Vandergrift shares her new single 'Little Bird' out today on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here. 

‘Little Bird’ is the first single from Justine's new album Mountain Standard Time, which is set for release on March 17th. The soft and dreamy track draws inspiration from Justine’s other upcoming release, a new baby girl, due later this month. 

"My co-producer Trevor McNeely wrote 'Little Bird' and pitched it as an idea for the album," says Justine. "It wasn’t a style I was used to singing or writing in but there was just an ease about the tune that pulled me in. I added a verse and when we recorded it live in the studio, we sort of magically eased into it and it ended up making the final cut. Most songwriters don’t like talking about what songs like this are really about, hoping that the listener just feels it. But Trev said he wrote it as a love song for his wife as they were expecting their child. With my own baby girl on the way, it feels timely to share this gentle and uplifting recording with the world."

Based in Cochrane, AB, Justine is an Americana singer-songwriter with an irresistible knack for melody and lyric. On her new album Mountain Standard Time, she reveals a playfulness, confidence, and new depth to her sound with her clear emotive voice drawing listeners into her narratives. 

Produced by Trevor McNeely, Jeff Kynoch and Justine, the trio recorded all the songs on Mountain Standard Time live off the floor. Says Justine: "We truly had a lot of fun with every song. I hope the listeners can feel that." 

'Little Bird' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit justinevandergrift.com.

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JUSTINE VANDERGRIFT
MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME
RELEASE DATE: March 17th, 2023
01. Little Bird
02. Ain't What It Ain't
03. When I Get Tired
04. A Little More To Life
05. Mountain Standard Time
06. Wine!  
07. Lucky
08. Love & Pain
09. Believe!
10. With A Satisfied Mind
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Ottawa Singer-Songwriter Norm Brunet Releases New Single + Video SO LONG

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Ottawa-based country rock musician Norm Brunet is pleased to announce the release of his new single 'So Long' out now on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here. 

'So Long' follows the release of Norm's 2019 Reflections EP and is a classic rocking country track with metaphorical lyrics about living during the COVID pandemic and trying to keep the faith.

“I wrote this track after being sidelined during the COVID pandemic," says Norm. "Not being able to tour took away my livelihood and it was so hard to remain hopeful. ’So Long’ is about what it was like to live through the pandemic as a musician and how it felt to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.” 

A lifelong Ottawa resident, Norm’s artistic ability was evident at an early age. With a diverse appreciation for music, Norm counts among his many influences, the country tinged southern rock sound of the Eagles and Poco, Americana artist Rodney Crowell, and the rocking sounds of John Mellencamp and Bob Seger to name a few.

For the past ten years, Norm has been performing throughout the U.S southern states, playing clubs and festivals and occasional shows in his hometown of Ottawa. He will undertake a series of U.S. club dates starting in Florida this March.

'So Long' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit: normbrunet.com.

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Vancouver Musician Colleen Rennison Releases New Single + Video

LEAD SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM
PERSEPHONE OUT LATER THIS YEAR

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Vancouver musician Colleen Rennison bares her soul on her raw and beautiful new single 'Means To An End' out now on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here. 

'Means To An End' is the first single from Colleen's new album Persephone set for release later this year. The track sets the scene for what we can expect on the LP with Colleen laying it all out for us to see.

“This song is literally ripped from my diary with me sitting in the realization that the best has come and gone,” says Colleen. “It’s the bittersweet recollection of moments passed and wondering if this feeling of loss and melancholy is something that you’ll live with until you don’t live anymore. We first recorded this as a full band and I felt it turned out too CMT and didn’t do the song justice, so I brought the piano player and all around musical savant Alexander Ward back in and we did it with just piano and a little percussion, adding in the live strings which he also arranged later.”

Colleen burst onto the music scene in 2011 with blues-rock group No Sinner. The band made immediate waves with music critics comparing her to blues belters like Janis Joplin or Maggie Bell, but Colleen is entirely her own invention. The voice is technically astounding, but the experience behind it inhabits every note. She entered the film industry at the age of five and that rootless existence as a child actor is still there in her undying commitment to the performance—nobody is more explosively honest or vulnerable onstage—and also in the demons that animate her.

No Sinner achieved enormous success abroad before hitting the wall, painfully, in 2016. Attempts to generate a new career in New York and Austin left the singer in a new kind of limbo, while the bad and dangerous situations persisted. Exiling herself to Vancouver Island only deepened the crisis. Back in Vancouver she was spat out into the Downtown Eastside, where things might have gotten worse—but didn’t. Miraculously, Colleen found the help she needed. She found the right friends, the right kind of support, the internal discipline, and, finally, the creative partner she always deserved. Entering producer Felix Fung’s New Westminster studio in early 2022, Colleen Rennison began work on the record that will stand as the truest expression of her art and her first true masterpiece. 

'Means To An End' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit colleenrennison.ca.

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